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All members are here this afternoon, which is commendable given the weather obstacles that we have faced in getting here. In accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct for members of the Scottish Parliament, I invite members to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee’s remit.I will start with myself.
The extra paper that we have received from the Dispensing Doctors Association states:“While it is welcome that Health Boards will be required to inform dispensing GPs of a pharmacy application in their locality, it is disappointing that the dispensing GP will not be considered an ‘interested party’ in the application and so will have no right to make direct comment.”It seems to me to be a little unfair if the pharmacist is an interested party but the currently dispensing doctor is not. We should get...
Frankly, if the line does not come all the way to Scotland, the economic return and—fundamentally—the climate change impact that can be derived from getting people off planes and on to trains are much diminished.
If that is what the regulations say, I am happy, but I plead ignorance on that. We should inquire further to get clarity on the situation. Given those comments, we would wish to continue the petition and to explore those issues.
Even the Prime Minister’s election material talks about SNP cuts to concessionary travel. If even the Prime Minister cannot get it right, let me here and now tell Labour candidates throughout Scotland that the concessionary travel scheme has been supported by the Scottish Government.
(S3F-2310) The Scottish Government is committed to continually seeking ways to further protect children from abuse and has already taken action to ensure that youngsters are better protected than ever. Our getting it right for every child approach to children’s services, and the recently announced national roll-out of the Tayside disclosure pilot, are two e...
If the member is concerned that certain specific areas are not being worked on in the way that he would like, he should write to me and I will attempt to get back to him with more detailed information.
However, I would be happy to write to Angela Constance with more detail about her allusion to the numbers of children who are affected and how they require a higher input than they are getting, if she would like to furnish me with more details.
Members will be aware of my disapproval of that, not least because Dr Ian McKee has an extremely good supplementary question, which I am now unable to get him to ask.